The lake was created a half-century before its heyday. Niagara Falls, Canada native, 23-year-old, Edward Thompson selected a mill site in 1851 and built his dam, in 1852, near the mouth of his ...

As the last Ice Age came to an end nearly 10,000 years ago, something unexpected happened deep beneath Earth’s surface. Large glaciers began to melt. The sea levels rose quickly—about 1 centimeter per ...